Richard Edwards (governor 1746)
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Richard Edwards naval officer and Commodore Governor of Newfoundland, died England
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Edwards was a captain in the Royal Navy
and was appointed governor of Newfoundland in 1746. In his naval career he was captain of several vessels: the Fox, the Torrington, the Princess Mary
, and the Princess Amelia
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Service history:
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Edwards was a captain in the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
and was appointed governor of Newfoundland in 1746. In his naval career he was captain of several vessels: the Fox, the Torrington, the Princess Mary
HMS Mary (1704)
HMS Mary was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 12 May 1704.Orders were issued on 15 December 1736 for Mary to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Portsmouth, from where she was...
, and the Princess Amelia
HMS Humber (1693)
HMS Humber was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Hull on 30 March 1693.She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford in 1708. Her guns, previously being mounted on two gundecks, where now mounted on three, though she remained classified as a...
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Service history:
- 1740 captain in the Royal NavyRoyal NavyThe Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
, - 1740 promoted lieutenant,
- 1746 ordered to Louisbourg to help Commodore Warren's siege of the fort,
- 1746 appointed governor of Newfoundland.
See also
- Governors of Newfoundland
- List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador
External links
- Note: The position of governor of the colony had temporarily lapsed after the departure of Richard Edwards and therefore Douglas was not a governor of the island. Also, no commodore or governor was sent in 1747, the next governor was Charles Watson in 1748.